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| the process of developing democratic states |
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| in nigeria, the notion that colonia powers had to rule on their own and through local leaders at the same time |
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| constitutional practice in which subnational units are granted considerable power |
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| the leading muslim group in northern nigeria |
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| the leading ethnic group in southeastern nigeria. often also called the ibo. |
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| development strategy that uses tariffs and other barriers to imports, and therefore stimulates domestic industries. |
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| british and other colonial procedures through which natives were used to carry out colonial rule |
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| islamic legal code that many argue should supersede civil law in countries such as iran and nigeria |
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| development strategy that stresses integration into global markets, privatization, and so on. supported by the world bank, IMF, and other major northern financial institutions. |
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| the leading ethnic group in southwestern nigeria |
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| political outcome in which one side wins and the other loses |
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| the military rule of nigeria until his death in 1998 |
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| the apparent winner of the 1993 nigerian presidential election of 1993, he died in prison of unexplained causes five years later. |
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| interim military leader of nigeria in 1998 |
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| a leading igbo politician and head of biafra during the civil war in nigeria in the late 1960s |
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| the leading yoruba politician in post-independence nigeria |
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| military ruler of nigeria in the 1990s and potential candidate in 1997 |
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| one of the leaders of early independent nigeria; killed in the first coup. |
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| one of the leaders of early independent nigeria; killed in the first coup |
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| the military ruler of nigeria during the biafran war. |
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| a muslim leader of early nigeria |
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| the most important leader of the struggle for independence in nigeria |
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| president of nigeria since 1999 |
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| nigerian activist executed by the military government in 1996 |
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| president of nigeria; overthrown in the 1983 coup. |
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| AD (alliance for democracy) |
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| yoruba-based political party in post independence nigeria |
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| ANPP (all nigeria middle belt people's party) |
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| the leading opposition party in nigeria today |
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| FEC (federal executive council) |
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| FEDECO (federal electoral commission) |
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| the old and corrupt body that supervised elections in mexico. the national commission that monitored elections in earlier nigeria republics |
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| INEC (indepdendent national electoral commission) |
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| the commission monitoring elections in nigeria |
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| NCBWA (national congress of british west africa) |
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| national congress of british west africa; one of the leading groups advocating nigerian independence. |
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| NCNC (national council of nigeria and the cameroons) |
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| national council of nigeria and the cameroons; an igbo-based movement for nigerian independence |
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| NEPU (northern elements progressive union) |
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| a left of center muslim party in the nigerian second republic |
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| NNDP (nigerian national democratic party) |
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| one of the regionally based political parties in post-independence nigeria |
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| NPC (nothern people's congress) |
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| one of the muslim-based political parties during post independence nigeria |
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| NPN (national party of nigeria) |
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| a muslim based political party during the ngierian second republic |
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| NPP (nigerian people's party) |
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| bone of the major parties in post independence nigeria |
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| NRC (national republican convention) |
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| a leading independence movement in colonial nigeria |
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| NYM (nigerian youth movement) |
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| a leading pro-independence movement in colonial nigeria |
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| PDP (people's democratic party) |
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| president obasanjo's party in nigeria |
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| PRP (people's redemption party) |
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| SDP (social democratic party) |
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| germany's left-of-center party, in power since 1997 |
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| UMBC (united middle belt congress) |
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| a powerful force during the nigerian second republic |
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| UPN (united party of nigeria) |
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| the main yoruba party in n igeria's second republic |
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| International monetary fund |
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| international agency that provides loans and other forms of assistance to countries with fiscal problems |
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| a major international lending agency for development projects based in washington |
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